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Monday, April 07, 2014

If there had to be one actor whom everyone hates working with, it'd be this guy. He's A+ list actor/singer on Broadway, B-list in movies/TV mostly in dramatic roles. Multiple Tony wins/nominations. This incident happened during rehearsals for what was considered to be his comeback show. The actor lambasted a cast member that was supposed to help him on with a waistcoat at the end of a scene -- she couldn't get to him because it was the first time they'd worked with the moving set. He stopped and berated her for 5 minutes: "What the f**k is the matter with you?" and "I'm not getting the support that I need" and "I expect you to be here with that damn coat", etc. The female cast member there and stared at him. When he stopped with his tirade, she yelled "Mr. _________, I need to clarify one thing: I'm only PLAYING your maid. Never speak to me that way again or I'll quit." The rest of the cast and crew cheered as she stomped off the stage, while the actor's face turned ashen white with horror.

Definitely Harvey Fierstein. He's about to open in "Casa Valentina", the first play he's written in 30 years, so, that's a comeback. It centers around heterosexual transvestites, and Mare Winningham has one of the (few) female roles. In the context of her role, she would indeed be helping these men dress, so everything in the blind points to Harvey. Shame he's got such a bad rep. He was the best thing in 'Mrs. Doubtfire.'

Gotta be Mandy Patinkin. Notoriously difficult to work with. A+ on Broadway for sure and does dramatic TV roles as well, though not as successfully. The other guesses - Broderick and Lane - don't do drama as much.

It's got to be someone who hasn't done stage in a while perhaps doing a revival of "The Maids"? They would have forgotten how there are no divas on stage after being coddled in film. Any actress would stand up for themselves because that type of behavior isn't tolerated on stage. Maybe they kiss your ass in the movies but not on/off B'way.

I thought this was common knowledge: Patinkin has and has always had a terrible reputation, on Broadway, definitely on TV (has been fired from several series) and probably the few films he's been in. Very combative, very outspoken and difficult, a huge dick. Yeah, he's a great singer and actor, but he's also a putz.

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